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Biography
Jorge is a Civil Engineer and MSc in Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering and a PhD candidate in Civil Engineering at the University of Edinburgh and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. He joined the University of Dundee in 2023 to work as a Research Assistant in the project "Saving Energy Via Drag Reduction: A Mathematical Description of Oscillatory Flows".
Jorge's research topics span:
- Numerical modelling of mixing and transport processes in aquatic environments
- Interaction between turbulent flow and marine hydrokinetic turbines in tidal channels
- Interaction between turbulent flow and free-surface dynamics in fluvial and coastal environments
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Unsteady Three-dimensional flows dominated by free-surface dynamics: numerical insights for fluvial and coastal applications, University of Edinburgh
1 Jun 2021 → 31 Jul 2025
Award Date: 31 Jul 2025
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 14 Life Below Water
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Diablo DNS solver with Edge Tracking
Sandoval, J. (Lead / Corresponding author) & Eaves, T., 24 Apr 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Software
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Edge states and the periodic self-sustaining process in the Stokes boundary layer
Sandoval, J. (Lead / Corresponding author) & Eaves, T. S., 10 Nov 2025, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 1022, 31 p., A10.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modeling the wake dynamics of a marine hydrokinetic turbine using different actuator representations
Sandoval, J., Escauriaza, C., Gotelli, C. & Soto-Rivas, K. (Lead / Corresponding author), 15 Feb 2021, In: Ocean Engineering. 222, 15 p., 108584.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Field and Numerical Investigation of Transport Mechanisms in a Surface Storage Zone
Sandoval, J., Mignot, E., Mao, L., Pasten, P., Bolster, D. & Escauriaza, C. (Lead / Corresponding author), 19 May 2019, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 124, 4, p. 867-1053 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accompanying data for the article: Transition to Turbulence in the Stokes Boundary Layer: Edge States and the Periodic Self-Sustaining Process
Sandoval, J. (Creator) & Eaves, T. (Contributor), University of Dundee, 25 Apr 2025
DOI: 10.15132/10000267
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